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WATFORD (ENGLAND): Nato leaders set aside public insults ranging from "delinquent" to "brain dead" on Wednesday, declaring at a 70th anniversary summit they would stand together against a common threat from Russia and prepare for China's rise. Officials insisted the summit was a success: notably, Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan backed off from an apparent threat to block plans to defend northern and eastern Europe unless allies declared Kurdish fighters in Syria terrorists. But the meeting began and ended in acrimony startling even for the era of US President Donald Trump, who arrived declaring the French president "nasty" and left calling Canada's prime minister "two-faced" for mocking him on a hot mic. "We have been able to overcome our disagreements and continue to deliver on our core tasks to protect and defend each other," Nato's ever-optimistic Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told a news conference. In a joint declaration, the leaders said: "Russia's aggressive actions … [Read more...] about ‘Nasty’, ‘two-faced’, ‘brain dead’: Nato pulls off summit despite insults

Merkel noted her visit came amid rising anti-Semitism and historical revisionism. She says Germany remains committed to remembering the crimes it committed against Jews, Poles, Roma and Sinti, homosexuals and others. Speaking to a gathering including former Auschwitz inmates on Friday, she said she felt "deep shame in the face of the barbaric crimes committed by Germans here". "Nothing can bring back the people who were murdered here. Nothing can reverse the unprecedented crimes committed here. These crimes are and will remain part of German history and this history must be told over and over again," she said. She called such responsibility a key element in German national identity today. Merkel also brought a donation of 60 million euros ($A97.3 million). The money will go to a fund to conserve the physical remnants of the site - the barracks, watchtowers and personal items like shoes and suitcases of those killed. The objects endure as evidence of German atrocities and as one of the … [Read more...] about Merkel voices shame during Auschwitz visit

Video PlayerClose NEW YORK, April 5 (Xinhua) -- U.S. dollar increased in late trading on Friday, after U.S. jobs report for March showed better-than-expected growth in jobs, signaling strong U.S. labor market that relieved concerns over potential U.S. economic slowdown. U.S. total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 196,000 in March, the Department of Labor reported on Friday. Economists polled by Dow Jones expected a reading of 175,000. Notable job gains occurred in health care and in professional and technical services, according to the department. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.8 percent. The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, increased 0.09 percent at 97.3938 in late trading. In late New York trading, the euro decreased to 1.1218 dollars from 1.1220 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound fell to 1.3029 dollars from 1.3064 U.S. dollars in the previous session. The Australian dollar was down to 0.7102 dollar … [Read more...] about U.S. dollar rises amid bullish employment data

On cleaning up “fake news” on social media, Mr Albanese touched on the problem he encountered when men’s rights activist Leith Erikson doctored an image from his Facebook page. “What was originally a graphic supporting Australians’ right to protest became a graphic pushing Mr Erikson’s loopy campaign against the Family Court,” he said. Facebook declined to do anything as it was not a breach of its guidelines. “Why do Facebook’s laws of the jungle to trump Australia’s laws of the land?” he went on to say. Algorithms and complacency from social media giants means that people's views are becoming more polarised, often entrenched by fake news that is allowed to run rampant and unchallenged. We need to call this for what it is – a threat to our democratic process. pic.twitter.com/if9KOkYAW5— Anthony Albanese (@AlboMP) December 7, 2019 Mr Albanese also took aim at billionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for … [Read more...] about Anthony Albanese sounds the alarm on social media giants like Facebook

In his third major speech since assuming the leadership, Mr Albanese set out a plan to restore integrity and accountability while improving the tone of debate. The opposition leader also urged social media giants like Facebook to crack down on fake news. He pledged to work with media companies and journalists to enshrine in law changes to protect press freedom. Mr Albanese said parliament "at the very least" should debate any cabinet decision to go to war - something coalition governments have been reluctant to do. "We can't ask people to put their lives on the line if we as legislators are too afraid to put our arguments on the line. If democracy has real meaning, it is in moments like this," Mr Albanese told the Towards 2022 forum in Sydney on Saturday. Bob Hawke allowed two days of parliamentary debate after his cabinet decided to join the first Gulf War. Mr Albanese said political debate in Australia must move beyond Twitter trolling and anti-coal convoys towards a "proper, … [Read more...] about Labor seeks ‘grown-up’ political debate